WBCS MAIN 2022 P-3 HISTORY MCQs
WBCS MAIN 2022 P-3 HISTORY One Liner Questions
Here are all 100 questions from the WBCS Main 2022 Paper 3 (History) Topic-Wise classifications
TOPIC 1: ANCIENT INDIA
(Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic Period, Mahajanapadas, Buddhism, Jainism, Mauryan Empire, Post-Mauryan Dynasties, Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire, Ancient Literature and Inscriptions)
1. In which religion are the “Three Jewels” (Triratna) found? – Buddhism
2. What was the capital of the Magadhan Empire under King Bimbisara? – Girivraja (Rajagriha)
3. What was the importance of Lothal in the Indus Valley Civilization? – Port (dockyard)
4. Who was the first ruler of the Pala Dynasty? – Gopala
5. Who started the Saka Era? – Kanishka (78 AD)
6. What was ‘Karshapana’ in ancient India? – Currency (a type of coin)
7. Which Mauryan Emperor propounded the concept of “Dhamma”? – Ashoka
8. Where was the last Buddhist Council held? – Ceylon (Sri Lanka) (as per question key)
9. Who was the twenty-third Tirthankara of Jainism? – Parshvanath
10. What were the Vedas? – Sacred Books of the Aryans
11. Which dynasty did King Bimbisara belong to? – Maurya Dynasty (as per key; historically Haryanka)
12. Where was the bronze figure of the “Dancing Girl” found? – Indus Valley (Mohenjodaro)
13. Who was known as the “Indian Napoleon”? – Samudragupta
14. The Kushanas originally belonged to which region? – Central Asia (Yuezhi tribe)
15. The Allahabad Pillar Inscription belongs to which period? – Gupta period (Samudragupta)
16. The Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) was fought between whom? – Porus and Alexander
17. Who was the first ruler of the Maurya Dynasty? – Chandragupta Maurya
18. Who wrote the book ‘Indika’? – Megasthenes (Greek ambassador)
19. Name one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas. – Magadha
20. Gautam Buddha belonged to which clan? – Sakya (Shakya)
21. The Garuda Pillar at Besnagar was erected by whom? – Heliodorus (Greek ambassador)
22. Who wrote the ‘Arthashastra’? – Kautilya (Chanakya)
23. Where did Buddha give his first sermon? – Sarnath (Dhammachakkappavattana)
24. What was Tamralipta famous for in ancient times? – Port (in Bengal)
25. The Gupta Era starts from the reign of which ruler? – Chandragupta I (319-320 AD)
26. Who was the Gupta ruler known as “Sakari” (Destroyer of Sakas)? – Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
27. What is the ‘Milinda Panho’? – A book on Philosophical discussions (Menander & Nagasena)
28. Who was the last ruler of the Maurya Dynasty? – Brihadratha (killed by Pushyamitra Sunga)
29. Sasanka was the ruler of which ancient kingdom? – Gaur (Bengal)
30. Who propounded the Central Asian theory of the home of the Aryans? – Friedrich Max Muller
31. The Chinese pilgrim Fa Hien visited India during the reign of which ruler? – Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
32. The Eight-Fold Path in Buddhism is known as what? – Ashtangik Marg
33. Who authored ‘Harshacharita’? – Banabhatta
34. Mohenjodaro and Harappa belong to which civilization? – Indus Valley Civilization
35. Who was Menander (Milinda)? – Indo-Greek ruler
36. Which is the oldest Veda? – Rig Veda
37. What was the capital of Kanishka? – Purushpura (Peshawar)
38. Who was the greatest Kushan ruler? – Kanishka
39. Which Mauryan ruler was known as “Devanampriya” (Beloved of the Gods)? – Ashoka
TOPIC 2: MEDIEVAL INDIA
(Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, Sufism, Regional Kingdoms, Marathas, Medieval Architecture and Literature)
40. Where was the Mughal Emperor Akbar born? – Amarkot (Sindh, Pakistan; 1542)
41. What is the autobiography of Babur called? – Babur Namah (Tuzuk-i-Baburi)
42. Which Delhi Sultan introduced the court customs of ‘Sijda’ (prostration) and ‘Paibos’ (kissing feet)? – Ghiyasuddin Balban
43. In which year was the First Battle of Tarain fought? – 1191 AD (Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Ghori)
44. In which year was the Delhi Sultanate established? – 1206 AD
45. Who constructed the Sadak-i-Azam (Grand Trunk Road)? – Sher Shah Suri
46. Who was the author of ‘Padshahnama’? – Abdul Hamid Lahori (reign of Shah Jahan)
47. Nawab Alivardi Khan was the grandfather of which Nawab of Bengal? – Siraj-ud-Daulah
48. Who founded the Qadri order of Sufis? – Shah Niamatullah Qadri
49. Who built the “Boro Sona Masjid” (Great Golden Mosque) in Bengal? – Nusrat Shah (Gauda, Malda)
50. Who constructed the ‘Alai Darwaza’? – Alauddin Khilji
51. Who was known as “the Akbar of Kashmir”? – Zain-ul-Abidin (Bud Shah)
52. Which Sultan of Delhi shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad? – Muhammad bin Tughlaq
53. Who founded the Vijayanagara Empire? – Harihara and Bukka (1336)
54. Name a famous Sufi order. – Auliya (Chishti order – Nizamuddin Auliya)
55. Who introduced the market control regulations (price control)? – Alauddin Khilji
56. What were Sufi orders generally known as? – Silsilah
57. Abul Fazl was the court poet of which Mughal Emperor? – Akbar
58. The English ambassador Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of which Mughal Emperor? – Jahangir
59. Which Delhi Sultan was known as “Lakh Baksh” (giver of lakhs)? – Qutubuddin Aibak
60. Who wrote ‘Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi’? – Ziauddin Barani
61. In which year was the First Battle of Panipat fought? – 1526 (Babur vs Ibrahim Lodi)
62. What was ‘Zabti’ in the Mughal administration? – Land Revenue System (Akbar’s system)
63. In whose memory did Shah Jahan build the Taj Mahal? – Arjumand Bano Begum (Mumtaz Mahal)
64. Who systematized the land revenue system under Akbar? – Raja Todarmal
65. Which Mughal Emperor issued the Firman of 1717 granting trade concessions to the British? – Farrukhsiyar
66. What is the name of the travelogue written by Ibn Battuta? – Rehala (Rihla)
67. What was the original name of Nur Jahan? – Mehr-un-Nissa
68. Which Mughal Emperor was afflicted by the “Deccan Ulcer”? – Aurangzeb (costly Deccan campaigns)
69. Who was the first woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate? – Razia Sultana
70. In which battle did Akbar defeat Hemu? – Second Battle of Panipat (1556)
71. Who wrote ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’? – Minhaj-us-Siraj
72. The Arab conquest of Sindh is depicted in which book? – Chach Namah
TOPIC 3: MODERN INDIA (BRITISH ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMIC IMPACT)
(British Conquests, Battles, Administrative Policies, Revenue Systems, Acts and Reforms, Governor Generals and Viceroys)
73. In which year was the Battle of Plassey fought? – 1757 (June 23)
74. In which year was the Battle of Buxar fought? – 1764 (October 22)
75. In which year was the Permanent Settlement passed? – 1793 (Lord Cornwallis)
76. Who constructed the Sadak-i-Azam (Grand Trunk Road)? – Sher Shah Suri (already in Medieval)
77. Which Mughal Emperor issued the Firman of 1717 granting trade concessions to the British? – Farrukhsiyar (already in Medieval)
78. In which year was the Government of India Act passed? – 1935
79. In which year was Hindu College (later Presidency College) founded? – 1817
80. In which year was the Sati Abolition Bill passed? – 1829 (Lord William Bentinck)
81. In which year was the Queen’s Proclamation issued? – 1858
TOPIC 4: MODERN INDIA (SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM & EARLY RESISTANCE)
(Socio-Religious Reform Movements, Reformers, Newspapers, Peasant and Tribal Revolts, Early Political Organizations)
82. Who founded the Brahmo Sabha (later Brahmo Samaj)? – Raja Rammohan Roy (1828)
83. Who founded the Tattwabodhini Patrika? – Debendranath Tagore (1843)
84. Which newspaper was edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak? – Kesari (Marathi)
85. Who edited the newspaper ‘Hindoo Patriot’? – Harish Chandra Mookherjee
86. Which literary work is associated with the Indigo Revolt? – ‘Neel Darpan’ (Dinabandhu Mitra)
87. Who wrote the novel ‘Anandamath’? – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
88. Mukundaram was the author of which medieval Bengali text? – Chandi Mangal
89. Who wrote the book ‘Hind Swaraj’? – Mahatma Gandhi (1909)
90. Who wrote the famous patriotic song “Sare Jahan Se Accha”? – Muhammad Iqbal
91. In which year was the Indian Association established? – 1876 (by Surendranath Banerjee)
92. Who propounded the theory of Radical Humanism? – M.N. Roy
TOPIC 5: MODERN INDIA (FREEDOM STRUGGLE & INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)
(Formation of INC, Moderate and Extremist Phases, Major Movements, Important Incidents, Committees, Commissions, Pacts, Important Leaders, Constitutional Development)
93. Who founded the Indian National Congress? – Allan Octavian Hume
94. In which year was the All India Muslim League founded? – 1906 (December 30, Dhaka)
95. In which year was the Congress Socialist Party founded? – 1934
96. In which year did the Surat Split of the Congress Party happen? – 1907
97. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occur? – 1919 (April 13)
98. In which year was the Non-Cooperation Movement launched? – 1920 (August 1)
99. In which year did the Chauri Chaura incident take place? – 1922 (February 4)
100. In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact concluded? – 1931
101. When did the First Partition of Bengal take place? – 1905 (by Lord Curzon)
102. Who did Mahatma Gandhi describe as his Political Guru? – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
103. Where was the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar (parallel government) set up during the Quit India Movement? – Medinipur (Tamluk)
WBCS MAIN 2022 P-3 HISTORY MCQs
TOPIC 1: ANCIENT INDIA
(Questions 1-39)
1. In which religion are the “Three Jewels” (Triratna) found?
(A) Vaishnavism
(B) Buddhism
(C) Judaism
(D) Jainism
Answer: (B) Buddhism
2. What was the capital of the Magadhan Empire under King Bimbisara?
(A) Girnar
(B) Girivraja
(C) Gauda
(D) Gujarat
Answer: (B) Girivraja
3. What was the importance of Lothal in the Indus Valley Civilization?
(A) Port
(B) Granary
(C) Zoo
(D) Market
Answer: (A) Port
4. Who was the first ruler of the Pala Dynasty?
(A) Devpala
(B) Dharmapala
(C) Gopala
(D) Tejpal
Answer: (C) Gopala
5. Who started the Saka Era?
(A) Bimbisara
(B) Ajatasatru
(C) Kanishka
(D) Menander
Answer: (C) Kanishka
6. What was ‘Karshapana’ in ancient India?
(A) Metal
(B) Paper
(C) Currency
(D) Race
Answer: (C) Currency
7. Which Mauryan Emperor propounded the concept of “Dhamma”?
(A) Chandragupta
(B) Bindusara
(C) Ashoka
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Ashoka
8. Where was the last Buddhist Council held?
(A) Sarnath
(B) Kundalvan
(C) Saket
(D) Ceylon
Answer: (D) Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
9. Who was the twenty-third Tirthankara of Jainism?
(A) Parshvanath
(B) Vardhaman Mahavira
(C) Gautam Buddha
(D) Ajatasatru
Answer: (A) Parshvanath
10. What were the Vedas?
(A) Sacred Book of the Aryans
(B) Genealogical History
(C) Artefacts
(D) Language
Answer: (A) Sacred Book of the Aryans
11. Which dynasty did King Bimbisara belong to?
(A) Gupta Dynasty
(B) Haryana Dynasty
(C) Maurya Dynasty
(D) Khilji Dynasty
Answer: (C) Maurya Dynasty (as per key)
12. Where was the bronze figure of the “Dancing Girl” found?
(A) Indus valley
(B) Araku valley
(C) Kashmir valley
(D) Nubra valley
Answer: (A) Indus valley
13. Who was known as the “Indian Napoleon”?
(A) Kumargupta
(B) Skandagupta
(C) Samudragupta
(D) Yasodharman
Answer: (C) Samudragupta
14. The Kushanas originally belonged to which region?
(A) Greece
(B) Iran
(C) Central Asia
(D) Europe
Answer: (C) Central Asia
15. The Allahabad Pillar Inscription belongs to which period?
(A) Maurya period
(B) Gupta period
(C) Kushan period
(D) Saka period
Answer: (B) Gupta period
16. The Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) was fought between whom?
(A) Bimbisara and Ajatasatru
(B) Bimbisara and Porus
(C) Porus and Alexander
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Porus and Alexander
17. Who was the first ruler of the Maurya Dynasty?
(A) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(B) Bimbisara
(C) Kanishka
(D) Megasthanes
Answer: (A) Chandra Gupta Maurya
18. Who wrote the book ‘Indika’?
(A) Fa Hien
(B) Hiuen Tsang
(C) Megasthanes
(D) Asvaghosa
Answer: (C) Megasthanes
19. Name one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas.
(A) Magadha
(B) Saurashtra
(C) Pragjyotishpur
(D) Sialkot
Answer: (A) Magadha
20. Gautam Buddha belonged to which clan?
(A) Vajji
(B) Sakya
(C) Kushan
(D) Saka
Answer: (B) Sakya
21. The Garuda Pillar at Besnagar was erected by whom?
(A) Heliodorus
(B) Megasthanes
(C) Bimbisara
(D) Ajatasatru
Answer: (A) Heliodorus
22. Who wrote the ‘Arthashastra’?
(A) Chandragupta
(B) Bimbisara
(C) Kautilya
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Kautilya
23. Where did Buddha give his first sermon?
(A) Gaya
(B) Sarnath
(C) Peshawar
(D) Karnataka
Answer: (B) Sarnath
24. What was Tamralipta famous for in ancient times?
(A) River
(B) Canal
(C) Port
(D) Fort
Answer: (C) Port
25. The Gupta Era starts from the reign of which ruler?
(A) Chandragupta I
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Kumargupta
(D) Budhagupta
Answer: (A) Chandragupta I
26. Who was the Gupta ruler known as “Sakari” (Destroyer of Sakas)?
(A) Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
(B) Samudragupta
(C) Kumargupta
(D) Skandagupta
Answer: (A) Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
27. What is the ‘Milinda Panho’?
(A) Scripture
(B) Book on Philosophical discussion
(C) Artefact
(D) Cinema
Answer: (B) Book on Philosophical discussion
28. Who was the last ruler of the Maurya Dynasty?
(A) Ajatasatru
(B) Bimbisara
(C) Brihadratha
(D) Kakavarna
Answer: (C) Brihadratha
29. Sasanka was the ruler of which ancient kingdom?
(A) Kanauj
(B) Pataliputra
(C) Gaur
(D) Assam
Answer: (C) Gaur
30. Who propounded the Central Asian theory of the home of the Aryans?
(A) Friedrich Max Muller
(B) Nirad Chaudhary
(C) Rakhaldas Banerjee
(D) Risley
Answer: (A) Friedrich Max Muller
31. The Chinese pilgrim Fa Hien visited India during the reign of which ruler?
(A) Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
(B) Bimbisara
(C) Harshavardhan
(D) Kharvela
Answer: (A) Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
32. The Eight-Fold Path in Buddhism is known as what?
(A) Dharmachakrapravartana
(B) Ashtangik Marg
(C) Nirukta
(D) Vimukta
Answer: (B) Ashtangik Marg
33. Who authored ‘Harshacharita’?
(A) Nagarjuna
(B) Banabhatta
(C) Aryabhatta
(D) Varahamihira
Answer: (B) Banabhatta
34. Mohenjodaro and Harappa belong to which civilization?
(A) Egyptian civilization
(B) Sumerian civilization
(C) Mesopotamian civilization
(D) Indus valley civilization
Answer: (D) Indus valley civilization
35. Who was Menander (Milinda)?
(A) Kushan
(B) Indo-Greek
(C) Saka
(D) Chinese
Answer: (B) Indo-Greek
36. Which is the oldest Veda?
(A) Rig Veda
(B) Sam Veda
(C) Atharva Veda
(D) Avesta
Answer: (A) Rig Veda
37. What was the capital of Kanishka?
(A) Purushpura
(B) Sialkot
(C) Pathankot
(D) Bodhgaya
Answer: (A) Purushpura
38. Who was the greatest Kushan ruler?
(A) Menander
(B) Gondophenes
(C) Maga
(D) Kanishka
Answer: (D) Kanishka
39. Which Mauryan ruler was known as “Devanampriya” (Beloved of the Gods)?
(A) Kalashoka
(B) Bimbisara
(C) Ajatasatru
(D) Ashoka
Answer: (D) Ashoka
TOPIC 2: MEDIEVAL INDIA
(Questions 40-72)
40. Where was the Mughal Emperor Akbar born?
(A) Pathankot
(B) Sialkot
(C) Amarkot
(D) Nagarkot
Answer: (C) Amarkot
41. What is the autobiography of Babur called?
(A) Chach Namah
(B) Firdaus Namah
(C) Babur Namah
(D) Shah Namah
Answer: (C) Babur Namah
42. Which Delhi Sultan introduced the court customs of ‘Sijda’ (prostration) and ‘Paibos’ (kissing feet)?
(A) Qutubuddin Aibak
(B) Alauddin Khalji
(C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
(D) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: (C) Ghiyasuddin Balban
43. In which year was the First Battle of Tarain fought?
(A) 1191 AD
(B) 1176 AD
(C) 1105 AD
(D) 1155 AD
Answer: (A) 1191 AD
44. In which year was the Delhi Sultanate established?
(A) 1205 AD
(B) 1215 AD
(C) 1206 AD
(D) 1207 AD
Answer: (C) 1206 AD
45. Who constructed the Sadak-i-Azam (Grand Trunk Road)?
(A) Akbar
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Babur
(D) Sher Shah
Answer: (D) Sher Shah
46. Who was the author of ‘Padshahnama’?
(A) Abdul Hamid Lahori
(B) Razm Namah
(C) Iqbal Namah
(D) Tabaqat
Answer: (A) Abdul Hamid Lahori
47. Nawab Alivardi Khan was the grandfather of which Nawab of Bengal?
(A) Shuja ud Daulah
(B) Siraj ud Daulah
(C) Sarfraz Khan
(D) Mir Qasim
Answer: (B) Siraj ud Daulah
48. Who founded the Qadri order of Sufis?
(A) Shah Niamatullah Qadri
(B) Baba Farid
(C) Bakhtiyar Kaki
(D) Shah Jalal
Answer: (A) Shah Niamatullah Qadri
49. Who built the “Boro Sona Masjid” (Great Golden Mosque) in Bengal?
(A) Alauddin Hussein Shah
(B) Nusrat Shah
(C) Shah Shuja
(D) Shah Jahan
Answer: (B) Nusrat Shah
50. Who constructed the ‘Alai Darwaza’?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Sikander Lodi
(D) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: (A) Alauddin Khilji
51. Who was known as “the Akbar of Kashmir”?
(A) Sikander Shah
(B) Zain ul Abedin
(C) Akbar
(D) Muhammad Shah
Answer: (B) Zain ul Abedin
52. Which Sultan of Delhi shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Bakhtiyar Khilji
(C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(D) Akbar
Answer: (C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
53. Who founded the Vijayanagara Empire?
(A) Harihara and Bukka
(B) Chenna and Pedanna
(C) Tiruvalluvar
(D) Malik Ambar
Answer: (A) Harihara and Bukka
54. Name a famous Sufi order.
(A) Namdhari
(B) Kirpandhari
(C) Auliya
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Auliya
55. Who introduced the market control regulations (price control)?
(A) Alauddin Khilji
(B) Balban
(C) Babur
(D) Sikander Lodi
Answer: (A) Alauddin Khilji
56. What were Sufi orders generally known as?
(A) Siyasa
(B) Virasat
(C) Hukumat
(D) Silsilah
Answer: (D) Silsilah
57. Abul Fazl was the court poet of which Mughal Emperor?
(A) Babur
(B) Akbar
(C) Shah Jahan
(D) Jahangir
Answer: (B) Akbar
58. The English ambassador Sir Thomas Roe visited the court of which Mughal Emperor?
(A) Akbar
(B) Shah Jahan
(C) Jahangir
(D) Babur
Answer: (C) Jahangir
59. Which Delhi Sultan was known as “Lakh Baksh” (giver of lakhs)?
(A) Balban
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Bahlol Lodi
(D) Ibrahim Lodi
Answer: (B) Qutubuddin Aibak
60. Who wrote ‘Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi’?
(A) Abdul Khader Badauni
(B) Ziauddin Barani
(C) Bhimsen Burhanpuri
(D) Tansen
Answer: (B) Ziauddin Barani
61. In which year was the First Battle of Panipat fought?
(A) 1520
(B) 1530
(C) 1525
(D) 1526
Answer: (D) 1526
62. What was ‘Zabti’ in the Mughal administration?
(A) Currency
(B) Trade
(C) Customs
(D) Land Revenue System
Answer: (D) Land Revenue System
63. In whose memory did Shah Jahan build the Taj Mahal?
(A) Arjumand Bano Begum
(B) Anarkali
(C) Jahanara
(D) Rowshanara
Answer: (A) Arjumand Bano Begum
64. Who systematized the land revenue system under Akbar?
(A) Raja Behramal
(B) Raja Todarmal
(C) Raja Chunnumal
(D) Birbal
Answer: (B) Raja Todarmal
65. Which Mughal Emperor issued the Firman of 1717 granting trade concessions to the British?
(A) Farrukhsiyar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Jahandar Shah
Answer: (A) Farrukhsiyar
66. What is the name of the travelogue written by Ibn Battuta?
(A) Saleha
(B) Rehala
(C) Kitab ul Ibar
(D) Razm Namah
Answer: (B) Rehala
67. What was the original name of Nur Jahan?
(A) Luftunnissa
(B) Khairunnissa
(C) Meherunnissa
(D) Raziya
Answer: (C) Meherunnissa
68. Which Mughal Emperor was afflicted by the “Deccan Ulcer”?
(A) Akbar
(B) Babur
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Aurangzeb
69. Who was the first woman ruler of the Delhi Sultanate?
(A) Rabeya
(B) Rokeya
(C) Razia
(D) Zubeida
Answer: (C) Razia
70. In which battle did Akbar defeat Hemu?
(A) First Battle of Panipat
(B) Third Battle of Panipat
(C) Second Battle of Panipat
(D) Battle of Haldighati
Answer: (C) Second Battle of Panipat
71. Who wrote ‘Tabaqat-i-Nasiri’?
(A) Sirajuddin
(B) Minhaj us Siraj
(C) Khafi Khan
(D) Firuz Tughlaq
Answer: (B) Minhaj us Siraj
72. The Arab conquest of Sindh is depicted in which book?
(A) Akbar Namah
(B) Ain i Akbari
(C) Chach Namah
(D) Shah Namah
Answer: (C) Chach Namah
TOPIC 3: MODERN INDIA (BRITISH ADMINISTRATION & ECONOMIC IMPACT)
(Questions 73-81)
73. In which year was the Battle of Plassey fought?
(A) 1756
(B) 1757
(C) 1780
(D) 1790
Answer: (B) 1757
74. In which year was the Battle of Buxar fought?
(A) 1765
(B) 1764
(C) 1795
(D) 1800
Answer: (B) 1764
75. In which year was the Permanent Settlement passed?
(A) 1803
(B) 1813
(C) 1793
(D) 1834
Answer: (C) 1793
76. In which year was the Government of India Act passed?
(A) 1946
(B) 1938
(C) 1935
(D) 1936
Answer: (C) 1935
77. In which year was Hindu College (later Presidency College) founded?
(A) 1818
(B) 1816
(C) 1817
(D) 1819
Answer: (C) 1817
78. In which year was the Sati Abolition Bill passed?
(A) 1830
(B) 1829
(C) 1831
(D) 1832
Answer: (B) 1829
79. Who constructed the Sadak-i-Azam (Grand Trunk Road)? (Repeat from Medieval)
(A) Akbar
(B) Bahadur Shah
(C) Babur
(D) Sher Shah
Answer: (D) Sher Shah
80. Which Mughal Emperor issued the Firman of 1717? (Repeat from Medieval)
(A) Farrukhsiyar
(B) Jahangir
(C) Aurangzeb
(D) Jahandar Shah
Answer: (A) Farrukhsiyar
81. In which year was the Queen’s Proclamation issued? (Added from 2023 paper context)
(A) 1855
(B) 1859
(C) 1800
(D) 1858
Answer: (D) 1858
TOPIC 4: MODERN INDIA (SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM & EARLY RESISTANCE)
(Questions 82-92)
82. Who founded the Brahmo Sabha (later Brahmo Samaj)?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Debendranath Tagore
(D) Keshab Sen
Answer: (A) Raja Rammohan Roy
83. Who founded the Tattwabodhini Patrika?
(A) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Debendranath Tagore
(D) Keshab Sen
Answer: (C) Debendranath Tagore
84. Which newspaper was edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
(A) Hindoo Patriot
(B) Hind Swaraj
(C) Kesari
(D) Anandamath
Answer: (C) Kesari
85. Who edited the newspaper ‘Hindoo Patriot’?
(A) Manmohan Ghosh
(B) Harish Chandra Mookherjee
(C) Debendranath Tagore
(D) Acharya Binoba Bhave
Answer: (B) Harish Chandra Mookherjee
86. Which literary work is associated with the Indigo Revolt?
(A) Sepoy Mutiny
(B) Deccan Riots
(C) Indigo Revolt
(D) Ramosi Rebellion
Answer: (C) Indigo Revolt (‘Neel Darpan’ by Dinabandhu Mitra)
87. Who wrote the novel ‘Anandamath’?
(A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(C) Sarat Chandra Bose
(D) Dwijendralal Roy
Answer: (A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
88. Mukundaram was the author of which medieval Bengali text?
(A) Padma Puran
(B) Barsha Mangal
(C) Chandi Mangal
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Chandi Mangal
89. Who wrote the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Pandit Nehru
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Tilak
Answer: (A) Mahatma Gandhi
90. Who wrote the famous patriotic song “Sare Jahan Se Accha”?
(A) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(B) Nawab Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah
(C) Muhammad Iqbal
(D) Abdul Latif
Answer: (C) Muhammad Iqbal
91. In which year was the Indian Association established?
(A) 1875
(B) 1876
(C) 1880
(D) 1885
Answer: (B) 1876
92. Who propounded the theory of Radical Humanism?
(A) Subhas Chandra Bose
(B) M.N. Roy
(C) Karl Marx
(D) Nehru
Answer: (B) M.N. Roy
TOPIC 5: MODERN INDIA (FREEDOM STRUGGLE & INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)
(Questions 93-108)
93. Who founded the Indian National Congress?
(A) David Hume
(B) Allan Octavian Hume
(C) William Wedderburn
(D) Henry Cotton
Answer: (B) Allan Octavian Hume
94. In which year was the All India Muslim League founded?
(A) 1904
(B) 1905
(C) 1906
(D) 1907
Answer: (C) 1906
95. In which year was the Congress Socialist Party founded?
(A) 1935
(B) 1934
(C) 1936
(D) 1937
Answer: (B) 1934
96. In which year did the Surat Split of the Congress Party happen?
(A) 1906
(B) 1907
(C) 1908
(D) 1909
Answer: (B) 1907
97. In which year did the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occur?
(A) 1920
(B) 1919
(C) 1921
(D) 1922
Answer: (B) 1919
98. In which year was the Non-Cooperation Movement launched?
(A) 1930
(B) 1931
(C) 1920
(D) 1923
Answer: (C) 1920
99. In which year did the Chauri Chaura incident take place?
(A) 1922
(B) 1923
(C) 1924
(D) 1925
Answer: (A) 1922
100. In which year was the Gandhi-Irwin Pact concluded?
(A) 1930
(B) 1931
(C) 1932
(D) 1933
Answer: (B) 1931
101. When did the First Partition of Bengal take place?
(A) 1910
(B) 1911
(C) 1905
(D) 1906
Answer: (C) 1905
102. Who did Mahatma Gandhi describe as his Political Guru?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Ananda Mohan Bose
(D) Rajnarain Bose
Answer: (B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
103. Where was the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar (parallel government) set up during the Quit India Movement?
(A) Bankura
(B) Birbhum
(C) Malda
(D) Medinipur
Answer: (D) Medinipur (Tamluk)
104. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress (1885)? (Added from 2023 paper)
(A) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
(B) Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar
(C) Firoz Shah Mehta
(D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: (A) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
105. The Lucknow Pact (1916) was an agreement between whom? (Added from 2023 paper)
(A) Indian National Congress and Muslim League
(B) Indian National Congress and the British Government
(C) Muslim League and the British Government
(D) Moderate Congress and Extremist leaders
Answer: (A) Indian National Congress and Muslim League
106. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress? (Added from 2023 paper)
(A) Badruddin Tyabji
(B) M. A. Jinnah
(C) Ajmal Khan
(D) Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (A) Badruddin Tyabji
107. Who was the President of the INC at the 1929 Lahore Session? (Added from 2023 paper)
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Subhas Chandra Bose
(C) Anandamohan Bose
(D) Ramesh Chunder Dutt
Answer: (A) Jawaharlal Nehru
108. Which Act was described as the ‘Black Act’ by Gandhiji? (Added from 2023 paper)
(A) The Arms Act of 1878
(B) The Vernacular Press Act of 1878
(C) Rowlatt Act of 1919
(D) The Government of India Act of 1919
Answer: (C) Rowlatt Act of 1919